Sentences with phrase «slower second act»

There is no explanation for the numerous references to the titular Johnny Mercer tune and too much of its slower second act churns along without fresh ideas.

Still, MURDER does suffer from a slower second act than it should, suddenly pulling out yet another suspect who's been hidden since the first 15 minutes of the film.

At 2 hours and 20 - ish minutes, War for the Planet may test some audience members» patience, thanks to a woefully slow second act that very easily could have been sliced, diced and condensed without losing its message, helping to set up what really is an incredibly thrilling finale.

It's not as extreme as Raw in its content, though, nor as skillful in its technique: A slow second act that dulls the impact of the effects - heavy finale.

Not exact matches

it takes a lot of balls from Mertz to blame anyone for the loss, particularly when he was just jogging behind Costa on the second goal and out of position on Hazard's penalty act... while I think that Mertz is a good player, he is extremely slow to play against some of the quickest teams in the EPL.

Reaction: De Bruyne is my Man City blueprint — Guardiola (Premier League) Report: De Bruyne makes it sweet 16 for awesome Man City (Premier League) Report: Otamendi wins derby to fire Man City 11 points clear (Premier League) Reaction: Klopp calls for Liverpool focus after Euro spree (Champions League) Report: «Fab Four» fire seven - goal Liverpool into last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: Mourinho pledges only «the truth» on injuries (Champions League) Report: Lukaku and Rashford send Man United into last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: Mourinho wants new shooting boots for Lukaku (Premier League) Report: Old boy Young downs Watford to lift Man United (Premier League) Reaction: Klopp looks on bright side after Chelsea draw (Premier League) Report: Willian denies Liverpool morale - boosting win (Premier League) Reaction: Guardiola targets Champions League milestone (Champions League) Report: Sterling strikes late to earn Man City top spot (Champions League) Report: Young England stifle Neymar's Brazil (friendly) Reaction: Loftus - Cheek showed he can cut it — Southgate (friendly) Report: New boys impress as England hold Germany (friendly) Reaction: Mourinho defends lack of Lukaku charity (Champions League) Report: Hapless Svilar helps Man Utd to brink of last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: «Stand up and be counted», Klopp tells Liverpool (Premier League) Report: Spurs» Kane rips sorry Liverpool to shreds (Premier League) Reaction: Guardiola proud to beat «best opponents» Napoli (Champions League) Report: Jesus earns Man City narrow win over Napoli (Champions League) Reaction: Mourinho and Klopp at odds over Anfield stalemate (Premier League) Report: Man Utd held at Liverpool as Mourinho parks the bus (Premier League) Report: McClean breaks Welsh hearts as Ireland reach play - offs (2018 World Cup) Reaction: Southgate admits England have long way to go (2018 World Cup) Report: Kane sends lacklustre England to World Cup (2018 World Cup) Reaction: Man City's show of force thrills Guardiola (Champions League) Report: Chelsea old boy De Bruyne gives Man City crucial win (Champions League) Reaction: «Amazing» Lukaku won't lose focus — Mourinho (Champions League) Report: Lukaku and Martial lead Man United in CSKA rout (Champions League) Reaction: Klopp says Liverpool on track despite stalemate (Champions League) Report: Coutinho scores as Liverpool held in Moscow (Champions League) Reaction: Man United part of «second level», says Mourinho (Champions League) Report: Fix - it Fellaini gets Man United off the mark (Champions League) Reaction: De Bruyne masterclass leaves Guardiola purring (Premier League) Report: Mané sent off as five - star Man City crush Liverpool (Premier League) Reaction: Alli gesture takes shine off England win (2018 World Cup) Report: Rashford redemption sends England closer to Russia (2018 World Cup) Reaction: Klopp hopes Euro progress yields transfer lift (Champions League) Report: Can brace gets Liverpool back into big time (Champions League) Report: Sterling rescue act spares 10 - man Man City (Premier League) Reaction: Conte happy for Chelsea to play the hunters (Premier League) Report: Alonso ruins Spurs» Wembley house - warming (Premier League) Report: Lukaku double fires Man United to winning start (Premier League) Reaction: Wenger lauds Giroud after Arsenal edge Leicester (Premier League) Report: Giroud earns Arsenal madcap opening win (Premier League) Reaction: Wenger fearful of another slow Arsenal start (Community Shield) Report: Courtois and Morata gift Arsenal victory at Wembley (Community Shield)

The slow reveal of what's going on within Area X is handled masterfully and unnervingly, and the second act ends with a set piece that's one of the most effective and disturbing things I've seen in years.

We are introduced to the monster so soon and as soon as we do The Hallow departs the slow rising tension of folk horror and goes head first into a relentless siege from the second act on.

WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC Grand Jury Prize: Slow West, John Maclean Directing Award: The Summer of Sangaile, Alanté Kavaïté Special Jury Award — Cinematography: Partisan, Germain McMicking Special Jury Award — Acting: Glassland, Jack Reynor Special Jury Award — Acting: The Second Mother, Regina Casé, Camila Márdila

It's slow to find its footing, but picks up in the second act, and it's definitely fun.

While the first act feels chaotic and inspired — with the sense that it could really go anywhere — the second and third acts are much slower and more contemplative, thus deepening the story.

Following one of the most intense and painful - to - watch torture scenes I have ever encountered, the third act takes even more of a gamble than the poker - heavy second act — the pacing slows even more.

From the slow, meticulously filmed preparation of the act to the tensely dilated period of doubt (the film's second and stronger half), an odd languid thriller emerges.

The second act is especially slow, but its all the more powerful because of it.

The movie starts off a bit slow as to set up the story and characters, but it finishes super strong throughout the second act until the grand finale.

Thanks to the presence of a «Brave» meter, which acts something like a hit - point buffer that seesaws back and forth between fighters as they trade blows, and different sets of attacks for damaging Brave (reduce your opponent's Brave to zero to initiate «Break» mode, where all your attacks damage his HP) and directly damaging HP (these attacks are often slower and more risky) the tables can turn viciously at any given second.

For those who travel from the city to the country during the summer months, the landscape is a place not only for recreation but also for viewing, a place to nourish the body and mind through the act of perception, through the process of coming down, of slowing down, and thus removing oneself from the diurnal routines and omnipresent anxieties that many assume to be second nature — the simulated «nature» of the urban environment.

[1] CO2 absorbs IR, is the main GHG, human emissions are increasing its concentration in the atmosphere, raising temperatures globally; the second GHG, water vapor, exists in equilibrium with water / ice, would precipitate out if not for the CO2, so acts as a feedback; since the oceans cover so much of the planet, water is a large positive feedback; melting snow and ice as the atmosphere warms decreases albedo, another positive feedback, biased toward the poles, which gives larger polar warming than the global average; decreasing the temperature gradient from the equator to the poles is reducing the driving forces for the jetstream; the jetstream's meanders are increasing in amplitude and slowing, just like the lower Missippi River where its driving gradient decreases; the larger slower meanders increase the amplitude and duration of blocking highs, increasing drought and extreme temperatures — and 30,000 + Europeans and 5,000 plus Russians die, and the US corn crop, Russian wheat crop, and Aussie wildland fire protection fails — or extreme rainfall floods the US, France, Pakistan, Thailand (driving up prices for disk drives — hows that for unexpected adverse impacts from AGW?)

That said, the actual act of taking a photo is really slow, and sometimes it takes a few seconds before a shot is taken.